Adele’s new album is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated new releases in recent memory for quite a few reasons, but it looks like it may finally be coming this fall. While nobody from Sony or Columbia Records (her labels) will confirm that it is just around the corner, the media has hopped on a report from industry rumor mill Hits Daily Double that says it’s so. The article that claims the new record is close to being available states that the street date now stands at November 20th. This could just be another false alarm, but rumor has it that this is the real deal.

The report also claims that a single is due just a few weeks prior to the album being released, so there is still some time to go before any new music appears. Apparently this third full length is the last on Adele’s contract with her labels, though the article also points out that she may have already signed a new deal with Sony that could be worth as much as $50 million—an almost unprecedented amount for the music industry.

If the singer-songwriter’s new album—which is called 25 according to the woman herself—does come out just about a month before Christmas, it might actually have a chance at being the biggest seller of the year. Right now, there doesn’t seem to be anybody that could usurp Taylor Swift’s ambitions of having an album claim the title two years in a row, but a semi-surprise record drop from one of the other most popular women in the world could give her a run for her money.

The years in between the release of 21 and 25 have been somewhat quiet for the superstar, but it is clear that she has been keeping busy. Adele released “Skyfall” as a new single and the latest James Bond theme song after the promotion of her album had died down, and that went on to be a hit and win her both a Grammy (her tenth) and an Oscar. Aside from music, the singer has received numerous awards in her home country, and she took time to have a personal life, which included having her first child.

The singer’s last record, 21, was a global phenomenon. It debuted at number one, stayed there for over a dozen weeks, launched three songs to number one on the Hot 100, and won her a handful of Grammy Awards, including Album, Song, and Record of the Year, among others. 21 sold well in every territory, shifting in excess of 30 million copies around the world, with over 10 million of those coming from the US. One can only assume that no matter what 25 sounds like, it will be a blockbuster album almost everywhere.

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